Welcome to Pilates Virginia, LLC

March 28th, 2008

Thanks for your interest in exercise options at Pilates Virginia, LLC. 

In addition to group mat classes, we teach private and semiprivate (2 people) lessons in mat and/or on the Pilates apparatus:  Reformer, Cadillac (Trapeze Table), Chair, and Barrels.  Many people benefit from a program of both mat classes and equipment lessons.   In mat class, you use your body weight as resistance. On the Reformer, Cadillac, and Chair, springs provide variable resistance, considered to be the most effective type of resistance training.
In your introductory private session, we begin with postural analysis, to identify any muscle imbalances. Then we develop a program of exercises aimed at improving posture, increasing muscle tone and flexibility, and developing coordination and balance.  Pilates exercises strengthen and stretch your muscles simultaneously, so the result is lean muscles, not bulk. At the end of your session, you feel energized, lean, and tall, without fatigue. There are over 200 exercises to keep you interested, and all are designed to work more than one muscle at a time.  So unlike gym equipment in which you isolate a muscle and work it to exhaustion, the Reformer, Cadillac, and Chair work your whole body in a coordinated fashion. This is much more useful (functional fitness!) in everyday life and applicable to sports.  Quicker results come with practicing Pilates 2 to 3 times per week, but even once a week can make a huge difference over time.
 
Kate Nesbitt, Owner
Stott Fully Certified Pilates Instructor (Level 2)
Pilates Virginia, LLC
above Splendoras’s Gelato
317 E. Main Street, Suite 201
Charlottesville, VA 22902
tel/voicemail 434.293.8776
pilatesva@aol.com